SAN ANTONIO — Jurors ordered a 22-year prison sentence Friday for a man who was caught on video last October beating to death a former buddy with whom he'd had a falling out.

Larry Castro, 41, was a devoted family man and hard working small business owner who'd always followed the law “up until 31 seconds in his life” when he attacked Juan “Johnny” Romero, defense attorney Richard Langlois said. He sought a 10-year term.

“He had very good qualities,” Langlois said as the punishment phase of the murder trial came to a close. “This is a temper-type case. He lost his ... sense to walk away from things.”

At 125 pounds and unarmed, Romero, 41, was no match for the obese defendant and his two bigger friends, prosecutors alleged, pointing out that the trio together weighed about 900 pounds.

Romero died after one of his fractured ribs punctured his heart.

Witnesses said the friendship between Castro and Romero ended in July 2012, when teasing over a lost pool game resulted in Romero attacking the defendant with a pool stick and pelting him with pool balls.

After the incident, Romero would frequently threaten Castro and his family, the defendant testified.

But in recruiting two acquaintances to help attack Romero, the defendant was acting out of anger rather than fear, Assistant District Attorney David Lunan responded.

“The power he exercised to get others to come do his bidding” — ruining their lives, too — should be an aggravating factor when determining Castro's sentence, Lunan said as he asked for a term of no less than 41 years.

Lunan pointed out that Bernardo “Tiny” Crisanto — who at 6-foot-7 and 380 pounds was the largest of the attackers — will receive a 20-year sentence as part of a plea agreement.

Castro deserves more time, he argued, because he was the instigator of the attack and hasn't acknowledged any wrongdoing.

A third co-defendant, Jose “J.J.” Velez, is awaiting trial.

During victim impact statements that followed the sentencing, Romero's family said he also was a father and small business owner. His character was unjustly attacked during the trial, they said.

Deputies quickly escorted the family out of the courtroom after Romero's father called the defendant an expletive.